HP ProLiant G7 c-Class server blades with Intel® Xeon® processors
Introduction
This technology brief describes the architecture and the implementation of major technologies in HP
ProLiant G7 c-Class server blades based on Intel® Xeon® processors. If you need more information
about the infrastructure components and complete specifications of each server blade, see the HP
website:
www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/.
ProLiant c-Class server blade architecture
HP ProLiant c-Class server blades can slide into any one of three different HP BladeSystem c-Class
Enclosures to meet the needs of large or small IT environments (Figure 1):
The HP BladeSystem c7000 rack enclosure is 10U high and holds up to 16 ProLiant c-Class server
blades, enabling up to 32 server nodes per enclosure.
The HP BladeSystem c3000 rack enclosure is 6U high and holds up to 8 ProLiant c-Class server
blades.
Figure 1. HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures
BladeSystem c7000 enclosuure BladeSystem c3000 rack enclosure
The rack enclosures fit in HP 10000 series racks and can operate
with as few as one server blade
installed. One of the advantages of blade architecture, however, is the ease of adding more server
blades. ProLiant c-Class server blades are built in standard form-factors, referred to as half-height and
full-height. Both half-height and full-height server blades fit into any BladeSystem c-Class enclosure.
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Half-height ProLiant G7 c-Class server blades include enterprise-class technologies:
Two Xeon 5600 Series processors
Advanced memory technologies
Multiple slots for I/O cards
Hot-plug internal disk drives
Embedded FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter (CNA)
Half-height G7 server blades support 6 to 18 DIMM slots, up to 2 drives (hot-plug or non hot-plug), an
integrated FlexFabic CNA, and up to 2 mezzanine slots. Optional mezzanine cards provide multiple
types of I/O fabric connectivity to the interconnect bays.
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More information about BladeSystem c-Class enclosure configuration options can be found at
http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/.
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